1 day Ago By Rebekah Manibog
might be doing it for love and/or fame, but did you know they also get paid to appear on the show? Yep, the brides and grooms you see marry, cheat, cry and flee on national television apparently earn their dollars for the chance at true love (and risk of public humiliation) — and one star has . The 12th season of (which airs on Channel Nine, the owner of this masthead) kicked off this week, pairing 10 grooms and brides up for love — or at the very least, a lovely lot of attention and future careers as d-list socialites. If you decided to get married to a stranger as a last bid at love (and for ) you’d be fanging for a payday, right? Well, an unnamed 2025 went full-on accountant mode and broke down how much they got paid for appearing on the show, claiming the “remuneration is appalling”.
“Nothing could prepare me for what I had signed up for and while you do get sucked in by the glitz and glamour the remuneration is appalling,” the anonymous star told . “You get $150 a day plus a $128 food allowance for the week. All up you get $1,178.
The way we are paid as ‘contributors’ and not as a proper job is how they can pay you so little.” Although some of the shoots could go from 8 to 20 hours, the unnamed participant claimed they do not get paid “overtime” as they’re paid as “contributors”. They also claimed they don’t rake in extra moolah for “public opportunities”, which could include radio, TV and print appearances.
“Some shoots were twenty hours and paying us as ‘contributors’ is a loophole that allows for no overtime,” the participant continued. “The weekly ‘dinner parties’ could go well past midnight and the ‘commitment ceremonies’ averaged between 8 and 12 hours.” “You don’t actually get paid for any ‘publicity opportunities’ while the show is on.
It’s kind of expected but not enforced.” Alongside this mammoth tea spill, a TV insider revealed they urge applicants to understand they “need to be financially stable” as former participants have been burned by money troubles in the past. “We make sure that the applicants understand that you need to be financially stable because the show has caused problems for people who may have high mortgages or are accustomed to a higher payday,” they revealed to Yahoo! Lifestyle.
Were former paid the same amount as the 2025 cast? Back in 2023, polarising groom revealed he was paid $1,175 a week during filming in an Instagram Q&A. Within the same social media post, Burfood also said that they had to provide their own wardrobe. So if you think about dates, commitment ceremonies and dinner parties, you could start to see how much it costs to appear on the show.
While that figure is quite low, Burford’s pay package is a slight increase in comparison to the alleged pay slip 2022 participants got. According to an Instagram Q&A by , 2022 castmates were paid “$1,100 per week”. YEOUCH.
Frazer’s nemesis hinted towards a low paycheck from , revealing that her pay was “about minimum wage”. “Look, even [ ] said there wasn’t even enough to cover his rent,” Dom dished in the 2022 interview. “It’s enough to cover your rent, living expenses, etc.
Because when you live [on the show] everything is taken care of,” Dom dished. “You don’t have to pay anything. That’s about maybe like an average salary, I’d say.
” Honestly, with all the hassle — and the possibility of being matched with someone who ghosted me — I think I’ll stick to the cesspool that is dating apps. PEDESTRIAN.TV has reached out to Channel 9 for comment.
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